Ever wondered how vermicomposts can prevent crop diseases? This video explains how microbes present in vermicompost protect cucumber seeds from infection by the plant pathogen Pythium aphanidermatum. Animations and microscopy footage show seed colonizing bacteria from vermicompost interrupting the chemical signaling between the germinating seed and the pathogen's motile zoospores.
Check out the full length video at Cornell's vermicompost research outreach page:
http://www.css.cornell.edu/cwmi/vermicompost.htm
Winner of the 2010 American Phytopathological Society Office of Public Relations and Outreach video contest.
http://www.youtube.com/user/plantdisease#p/u/34/60hmY4GLicU
Winner, second place in the Chlorofilms Plant Videos on YouTube video contest
http://www.chlorofilms.org/?module=Pages&func=display&pageid=18#4
Well done presentation. Did you only test cucmber seeds or is that the only seed it protects? Keep up the good work.
jeanineadele 4 months ago
nice presentation
UFOPlantFeeder 1 year ago